US Patent Issued to Medtronic on March 25 for "Implantable medical lead systems and adapters" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,430, issued on March 25, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Implantable medical lead systems and adapters" was invented by Andrew Fried (Minneapolis) and Steve Deininger (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable electrical stimulation medical system is disclosed. The system includes an implantable medical device having electrical circuitry configured to perform electrical stimulation, a nonstandard implantable medical lead, and an adapter matrix. The adapter matrix electrically interfaces with the electrical circuitry and the nonstandard implantable medical lead to provide electrical stimulation from the...